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Trend of lifelong education and learning as a prerequisite for creating knowledge society
Maja Pauković
orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-4464
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Lucija Bačić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2857-4957
; Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In recent years we have witnessed a significant increase in demographic aging. The labour market, which is extremely variable and dynamic, selects the economically active population by the level of qualification and skills they have acquired during their lifetime, by either formal or informal education. This way, lifelong education and learning have become the most powerful tools for personal and professional growth and development, enabling greater mobility and employability. Adult education and lifelong learning are the priority tasks for creating the knowledge society and sustainable development of social and economic life. This paper presents the trend of education and learning of the active working population, with regard to the extension of lifespan and work-life, as well as the trend of establishing various study programs for the needs of current and new professions, in order to meet the market demands. The data presented in this paper were obtained from the student registration database of the part-time study programme of Accounting and Finance at the University Department of Professional Studies at the University of Split of 2005.
Keywords
lifespan and working life extension; lifelong education and learning; knowledge society
Hrčak ID:
213873
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Publication date:
21.12.2018.
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